Nine Plotbunnies.

[jen-rock.livejournal.com]

A few more plotbunnies.



1. Inspired by Prowl being forced into the Constructicons, what if gestalt members were easily interchangeable? In that, if a member wasn’t working out, he or she could be kicked out and replaced with a different mech or femme. The Combaticons would probably love to get rid of Swindle if they could. Motormaster would probably be tempted to swap out his whole team and get one of his choosing.

The ‘Con gestalts would probably forcibly recruit other members, even incorporating ‘Bot prisoners as a means of forcing them into the Decepticon cause. Also, I’m imagining teamleaders holding auditions to replace someone they wanted to kick out. “So what makes you qualified to serve as a leg?”

Alternately, what if Prowl had been forced into the Stunticons or the Combaticons instead?

2. What if the effects of the Empurata were reversible? What if Shockwave was captured and forced to have the process reversed? What would it be like for him to feel emotions again after everything he’s done? Would someone like Whirl even want to go back to his former self?

3. G1. After the Constructicons are badly damaged in a battle, Megatron has Shockwave send a temporary replacement medic in the form of Knock Out. On Earth, Knock Out finds a love of racing, tangles with various Autobots, and finds himself intrigued by the paranoid Stunticon known as Breakdown, much to Motormaster’s disapproval.

4. The Aerialbots begin to feel an urge to trine just like Seekers but there are only five of them. They need to find a sixth and they need it fast.

5. Alternate events from the original Transformers movie. Instead of Megatron, it’s a badly-damaged Starscream who’s thrown from Astrotrain along with his trinemates. What will Unicron turn him into and will he finally be able to overthrow Megatron in his new form?

6. Megatron is the leader of an ever-increasing movement against the corrupt Senators. Until he’s assassinated during a rousing speech, dying in the arms of Orion Pax, his closest friend. Now a darker Orion will lead the revolution and will stop at nothing to avenge Megatron’s death.

7. The two warring sides of Cybertronians have landed on Earth and are continuing their fight. The only problem? The humans are huge compared to them and it’s a lot harder to maintain a war when you have to worry about being stepped on by oblivious organics. Plus, the newly-arrived Transformers look like toys to the natives and people keep grabbing them and trying to run off with them.

Basically, inspired by all the various “Transformers toys come to life,” stories, what if they were small all along? Instead of Spike riding on Bee’s shoulder, it would be the other way around. Omega Supreme would probably be the size of the regular humans and the rest would look like toy cars, planes, tanks, etc when transformed.

8. Long ago, towards the beginning of the war, Megatron lost his only sparkling (to death or disappearance. Now he finds him again in someone completely unexpected.

If it’s an Autobot, I want it to be someone no one would associate with Megatron like Gears or Beachcomber (because Megs would be horrified to find out his offspring is a peace-loving hippie-type.)

If it’s a Decepticon, it has to be someone Megatron never paid any attention to like Reflector. Or it could be one of the Stunticons reborn from the lost sparkling as long as it’s not Motormaster. Maybe Dead End which would explain his obsession with death or Breakdown who’s paranoid because a small part of him remembers Megatron and can’t understand why.

9. A total crack fic. I like to imagine characters from one fandom being a part of another fandom. Not so much a crossover as a fusion. So, as a Batman fan, what if the Batman characters were all Transformers instead?

Batman would be a grim, detective who is sort of a cross between Nighbeat and Prowl. He would probably have a different name since I can’t imagine any Transformer with “man” in his name so something like Nightstalker or something with “Night” in it. He would also be a cassette carrier and the various Robins/Batgirls, etc would be his cassettes.

James Gordon would be a cybercop like Prowl who works with this version of Batman.

Catwoman would be a beast-form femme.

Joker would be a Decepticon who makes Wildrider look sane and who’s feared by his own side for his penchant for maiming and killing others.

Two-Face would be a ‘Con who either has half of his body one color and half a different color or he could have two faces that flip back and forth like TFA Blitzwing with the alternating personalities to match.

Scarecrow would be a ‘Con who can induce fear and panic in his victims either through some sort of telepathic ability or maybe just with his words the way Tarn can.

Riddler would be a green ‘Con who spouts riddles that mess up his opponents logic circuits. He also likes to construct elaborate death traps.

I’m not sure how some of the villains would fit in like Poison Ivy. Plants don’t exist on Cybertron and the closest equivalent would probably be crystals so maybe she would be a ‘Con femme who controls the growth of crystals. Anyway, it’s just an amusing idea I had.

Comments

[ryo-chan.livejournal.com]

I'd love to see six, as for nine... Two-Face as a more schozophrenic punch/counterpunch who's still arguing with himself?

[jen-rock.livejournal.com]

I considered Punch/Counterpunch as an example but they don't know each other exists, whereas Two-Face/Harvey is aware of his alternate personality. I'm glad you liked six. Hopefully someone will roll with it.

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[khgiggle.livejournal.com]

1. Inspired by Prowl being forced into the Constructicons, what if gestalt members were easily interchangeable? In that, if a member wasn’t working out, he or she could be kicked out and replaced with a different mech or femme. The Combaticons would probably love to get rid of Swindle if they could. Motormaster would probably be tempted to swap out his whole team and get one of his choosing.

The ‘Con gestalts would probably forcibly recruit other members, even incorporating ‘Bot prisoners as a means of forcing them into the Decepticon cause. Also, I’m imagining teamleaders holding auditions to replace someone they wanted to kick out. “So what makes you qualified to serve as a leg?”

Alternately, what if Prowl had been forced into the Stunticons or the Combaticons instead?

This would be really funny to see. One thing that occurs to me is Starscream trying out (why I don't know) and getting kicked out of audition before he can do anything.

4. The Aerialbots begin to feel an urge to trine just like Seekers but there are only five of them. They need to find a sixth and they need it fast.

Maybe I'm just weird, but I'd like to see if each Aerialbot decided to make their own trine. That would take like 10 bots.
Wow, that would be a huge family.

6. Megatron is the leader of an ever-increasing movement against the corrupt Senators. Until he’s assassinated during a rousing speech, dying in the arms of Orion Pax, his closest friend. Now a darker Orion will lead the revolution and will stop at nothing to avenge Megatron’s death.

Sounds like a way to create a new SG 'verse.

9. A total crack fic. I like to imagine characters from one fandom being a part of another fandom. Not so much a crossover as a fusion. So, as a Batman fan, what if the Batman characters were all Transformers instead?

Batman would be a grim, detective who is sort of a cross between Nighbeat and Prowl. He would probably have a different name since I can’t imagine any Transformer with “man” in his name so something like Nightstalker or something with “Night” in it. He would also be a cassette carrier and the various Robins/Batgirls, etc would be his cassettes.

James Gordon would be a cybercop like Prowl who works with this version of Batman.

Catwoman would be a beast-form femme.

Joker would be a Decepticon who makes Wildrider look sane and who’s feared by his own side for his penchant for maiming and killing others.

Two-Face would be a ‘Con who either has half of his body one color and half a different color or he could have two faces that flip back and forth like TFA Blitzwing with the alternating personalities to match.

Scarecrow would be a ‘Con who can induce fear and panic in his victims either through some sort of telepathic ability or maybe just with his words the way Tarn can.

Riddler would be a green ‘Con who spouts riddles that mess up his opponents logic circuits. He also likes to construct elaborate death traps.

I’m not sure how some of the villains would fit in like Poison Ivy. Plants don’t exist on Cybertron and the closest equivalent would probably be crystals so maybe she would be a ‘Con femme who controls the growth of crystals. Anyway, it’s just an amusing idea I had.

Poison Ivy could be like Botanica, a techno-organic that turns into some sort of plant. Maybe she'd be more sympathetic towards other organics too.

And I bet there'd be a lot of beast formers. Maybe a couple of others could be techno-organic too.